Keonjhar: A man was allegedly killed by a bear in Ghatagaon of Keonjhar district today. The deceased has been identified as Rajan Juanga. According to reports, Rajan had gone to a forest near Gayalamunda village to collect firewood during which he was allegedly attacked by a bear. Ranjan had sustained severe injuries leading to his […]
Kendrapara: One person was killed while seven others went missing after a boat capsized in Mahanadi river mouth near Nipania in Kendrapara today evening. According to sources, the boat was reportedly ferrying picnickers who were returning from Hukitola Lighthouse to Kujang area of Paradip. As per latest reports, Fire tenders have reached the spot and […]
Bhubaneswar: Two persons were killed and 23 others were injured in separate road accidents in Mayurbhanj, Nabarangpur and Nayagarh districts on Sunday. Two persons died while three others were critically injured in a collision involving two motorcycles at Jharigaon Mehersahi of Nabarangpur. One of the deceased has been identified as Jayram Shanta while identity of […]
Malkangiri: A youth was stabbed to death over an alleged extramarital affair at MPV-38 village in Malkangiri district late on Wednesday night. The deceased has been identified as Niranjan Sardar of MPV-4 village. According to sources, Sardar was returning home after watching ‘jatra’ at Bhejingigua village last night when a man identified as Samir Bairagi […]
Jharsuguda: A man allegedly stoned his wife to death at Bhatalama village under Lakhanpur police limits in Jharsuguda district late on Saturday night. The deceased has been identified as Sunita, wife of Ashok Dandasena. According to sources, Ashok and Sunita had gone to Jharsuguda for some work yesterday. It is suspected that the couple entered […]
Dhenkanal: An elderly man was killed after he was attacked by an elephant at Palasahi under Mahabiroad range in Parajang area of the district this morning. As per reports, the deceased, identified as Bauri Sahu had gone to his field to guard crops when he was attacked by the elephant. The jumbo reportedly lifted Sahu with […]
Keonjhar/Balasore: Three persons were killed and six others sustained critical injuries in separate road mishaps in Keonjhar and Balasore districts on Friday. As per reports, in the first incident, two persons died when their bike on which they were travelling met with an accident on National Highway-20 near Jadichatar village under Sadar police limits in […]
Bhadrak: A youth was allegedly hacked to death by his brother-in-law at Shaidabada village under Haripur panchayat in the district today. The deceased was identified as Sakim Khan. According to sources, the incident occurred when Sakim had gone to attend nature’s call to a nearby pond this morning. Suddenly, his brother-in-law Bhalu Khan and his […]
Bolangir/Sambalpur: Tension prevailed at Budhipadara village after a minor boy died in a tragic road mishap on NH-26 on Saturday. The deceased has been identified as Suvendu Nanda, a class X student of Nagaon high school. Sources said Suvendu was standing on the road when he was hit by a speeding car at around 6 […]
Raipur: Maoist guerrillas on Saturday fired upon a contingent of para-military Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) in Chhattisgarh’s Bijapur district, killing four troopers including a jawan from Odisha. The martyred jawan from Odisha has been identified as 43-year-old B M Behera. Three others have been identified as Maitur Rehman, C H Praveen and Shreenu Kumar. […]
Mayurbhanj/Balasore/Khurda: As many as 15 persons were killed while four others sustained critical injuries after lightning strikes at different places in Odisha today. According to sources, seven persons were killed in Balasore while five more deaths were reported from Mayurbhanj and Khurda districts. In Balasore, two persons of Barunagadia panchayat under Basta block were killed […]
Khurda: A youth was arrested on Sunday for allegedly stabbing to death a minor girl over unrequited love at Annapurnanagar under Balugaon police limits in Khurda district on Saturday. The accused R. Gopi reportedly attacked the girl when she was returning home after completing her work at a tailoring shop in the village yesterday. It […]
Aska: A youth was brutally hacked to death in broad daylight by two unidentified miscreants near Sunamba Sahi Chhak in Ganjam district over suspected past rivalry. The deceased has been identified as Mitu Das, who worked as a mason. According to reports, Mitu was attacked by the miscreants when he was working at a construction […]
Cuttack: Mystery shrouds the death of a 28-year-old youth whose body was recovered from under Birupa bridge under Choudwar police limits here in the wee hours on Monday. The deceased has been identified as Nirjhara Behera of Kapaleswar area in Choudwar. It is suspected that Behera has been brutally killed as the body carries injury […]
Jharsuguda/Boudh: One person was killed and three others including a Class III girl student sustained severe injuries in separate road accidents in Jharsuguda and Boudh districts on Monday. A man died and two others sustained grievous injuries in a freak accident after the trio was hit by a trawler while they were out on a […]
Bolangir/Balasore: One person was killed and as many as 23 critically injured in two separate road accidents in Bolangir and Balasore districts on Tuesday night. In Bolangir district, a passenger bus named ‘Sriram’ rammed into a dumper truck on NH-57 near Puintala area of the district leaving eight persons injured. The bus was on its […]
Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a stunt biker was killed after being run over by a speeding car during a Maut Ka Kuan (Well of Death) show in Jeypore in Koraput district. According to reports, the mishap occurred on Saturday while the matter came to light after a clip of the incident went viral on […]
Bhubaneswar: In a shocking incident, a woman and her daughter were hacked to death for allegedly practising witchcraft in Ragadisahi of Telkoi in Keonjhar district. The deceased have been identified as Kalabati Dalanaik (55) and her 15-year-old daughter Seema. Kalabati’s husband Bhubana and son (22) have also been injured after the family was attacked by […]
Rourkela: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for the family of the four students killed in the tragic road mishap in Sundargarh district today. Besides, the state government will bear the medical expenses of the students who were also injured in the accident. Meanwhile, concerns have again been […]
Koraput: The death toll due to landmine blast by Maoists near Mungarbhumi on Sunki ghat in Koraput district close to Andhra Pradesh border increased to 8 after body of another Odisha State Armed Police (OSAP) personnel was found today. According to sources, Body of OSAP official Tulasiram Majhi, who had gone missing after the blast, […]